This Tuesday, at the headquarters of the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations, the Briefing for Ministers and High-level Authorities of the Machineries for the Advancement of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was held, in the framework of the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
The Cuban delegation to this important meeting was headed by the Second Secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), Zonya Rivero López.
During the pleasant exchange with the Ministers and High Authorities on the advancement of women in the region, the Second Secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) shared the progress achieved by Cuba. She described them as the result of the willingness of the Cuban State and Government to preserve the achievements of the Revolution in the area of gender.
She also recalled the active participation of the Cuban delegation in the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995, and reaffirmed the commitment to Vilma Espín and her extraordinary legacy of equality and social justice, on the occasion of her 95th birthday. She referred to the challenges that still remain to achieve full gender equality in the country, and endorsed the commitment of the Federation of Cuban Women, which is celebrating its 65th anniversary, to meet the demands of Cuban women in a context aggravated by the impact of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the nation.
Rivero López referred to the National Program for the Advancement of Women, adopted in 2021, which constitutes the agenda of the Cuban State to guarantee gender equality and the empowerment of women. In this regard, she detailed the main actions undertaken at the municipal, provincial and national levels, and explained the system of guarantees that the Cuban legal system offers to women and girls, including through the advanced Family Code, recently adopted by popular referendum.
The Cuban official called for continuing to reaffirm the region's commitment to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
The Second Secretary of the FMC is carrying out an intense program of activities in the framework of her participation in the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the main United Nations intergovernmental body dedicated exclusively to the promotion of gender equality, women's rights and empowerment of women.
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